At least one director is hoping "The Help" gets Hollywood interested in other stories from the civil rights era.
Malcolm Lee, the director of "Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins" and other films, wil ...Read more

Moviemakers are holding an open casting call in Jackson, Miss., for men and women of all ages to work as non-speaking extras in the new film based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel, The Help.
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Ever dream of staring at the movie screen and seeing your face? Or spotting yourself in a crowd scene?
Next Saturday (June 19) is your chance to make it happen.
Moviemakers are holding an open c ...Read more

First came The Help, and now comes a young adult novel, Sources of Light. Each are set in Jackson, Miss., in the 1960s against the backdrop of the civil rights movement.
Sources of Light is written ...Read more

Mississippi got good news when DreamWorks Studios announced Thursday that the adaptation of the best-selling novel, The Help, will be filmed in the heart of the Delta.
It's the first big movie to b ...Read more

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